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“...I learned the power of identity--the idea that even an uneducated woman, like myself, who hadn't read Mary Wollstonecraft or bell hooks, could be an expert on feminism simply because of her identity as a woman.” quote by Amber Dawn — Download Open image

““...I learned the power of identity--the idea that even an uneducated woman, like myself, who hadn't read Mary Wollstonecraft or bell hooks, could be an expert on feminism simply because of her identity as a woman.””

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“When he did appear his eyes were as brown as I remembered, pupils flecked with gold like beach pebbles.”

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“Morning came in through the blinds cutting everything into ribbons.”

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